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* Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> 'su -' and become root where everything is allowed. |
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> 'sudo' or a gui derivative. If the user has been authorized by root, |
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> just run the whole command with root priviledges as the user can |
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> obviously be trusted. |
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You could also try my su-wrapper - it maps specific uid+cmdline |
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to another uid+cmdline. Fine for things like allowing specific |
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users to dialup, etc. |
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> Microsoft's stated reason for this is to annoy users so much that they |
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> will annoy 3rd party developers who will write software that doesn't |
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> need root to install. Hmmmm. |
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*rofl* |
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Well, that's just the "good old" M$ way ;-P |
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cu |
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Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ |
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Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: |
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http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce |
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Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: |
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http://patches.metux.de/ |
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